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HASSEANTHUS VARIEGATUS. 



Rose, NY bot gard b 3:37, based on Se- 

 dum variegatum S. Wats, Am ac pr 11: 

 1137 (1876). 



esaMs, San Diego, California. 

 HASSEIANTHUS ELONGATUS. 



"Resembling H. variegatus, but with 

 long slender stems and cyme-branches, 

 linear elongated Ivs, ofolong calyx-lobes, 

 and bright yellow cor; the Ivs not at al 

 variegated." Rose, NY bot gard b 3:37. 

 Orange Co., Gal. on San Joaquin hills 

 .L. R. Aibrams). 

 HA9SEANTHUS MULTICAULIS. 



"Perennial by an oblong corm 2-3 cm 

 long. Stems 2-5, rather stout, 1-1.5) cm 

 high, variegated, glabrous, not at all 

 glaucous; basal Ivs 3-4 cm long, terete, 

 acute; stem-lvs 1-2.5 cm long, ovate-ob- 

 long, acute or acuminate, turgid or 

 somewhat flattened; in florescence of sev- 

 eral secund, many-fl'd racemes; fls sub- 

 sessile; calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse; fl-buds 

 pinki'sih, obtuse; cor -segments widely 

 spreading above the middle, pale yellow 

 tinged with redi, 7-8 mm long, slightly 

 united 'at base; stamens 10, borne on base 

 of cor- segments; carpels widely spread- 

 ing (?) in age." Rose, NY bot gard b 3: 

 38. LA -Co. (Basse). 

 Genus STYLOPHYLLUM Britton & Rose 



"Perennials with more oir less branch- 

 ed rootstocks; basal Ivs linear, elongated, 

 terete, or flattened but always narrow, 

 sometime* abruptly widened below into 

 a broad clasping base; fl'ng stems with 

 long sessile Ivs not clasping at base. Ca- 

 lyx 5-lobed, lobes ovate, equal, small. 

 Cor campanulate, not angled, white, red 

 or yellowish, its lobes broad, thin, and 

 .spreading, united below into a tube. Sta- 

 mens 10. borne on the cor-tube. Carpels 

 5. united below, generally strongly 

 spreading as in Sedum." Britton & Rose, 

 NY bot gard b 3:33. Type, Cotyledon edu- 

 lis Noirtt. 

 STYLOPHYLLUM VISCTDUM. 



Britton & Rose, NY bot gard b 3:33, 

 based on 



Cotyledon viscida S. Wa/tson, Am ac pr 

 17:372 (1SS2). Neair Oceanside and San 

 Juan, Cal. (Nevin, Orcutt). Readily dis- 

 tinguished by its viscid foliage. 

 STYLOPHYLLUM VIREN'S. 



Rose, NY bot g-ard b 3:34. 



San Clemente Island (Blanche Trask). 

 STYL. ALBIDUM Rose. 



San Clemente Island (T. S. Brandegee). 

 STYL. TRASK A E Rose. 



Sarotia Barbara Island (Blanche Trask). 

 STYL. INSULARE Rose. 



"Stems very thick and woody, 6-8 cm 

 in dSiam, crowned by a rosette of spread- 

 ing Ivs. the old Ivs somewhat persistent; 

 Ivs 10-15 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad above 

 the base. . 2 cm broad at base, fleshy, 

 much flattened except toward the apex, 

 acute, more or less glaucous especially 

 when young: fl'ng branch stout, purp- 

 lish, 3-4 dm long; inflorescence panicu- 

 lately branched; primary branches short, 

 nearly equal. 2 or 3 times dichotomous, 

 ultimate branches short and few-fl'd; ca- 

 lyx 3 mm long, lobes twice as long as 

 the tube, ovate, acute; cor long reddish, 

 somewhat cam paimu late, its tube about 

 the length of atoe carpels; carpels united 

 at base, widely spreading." Rose, NY 



bot gard b 3:34. Catalina (Blanche Trask). 

 STYL. HASSEI Rose. 



"Oaudex elongated, sometimes about 3 

 dm long, 2-3 cm in diam, somewhat 

 branching, covered with the old persist- 

 ent Ivs, crowned with a dense erect ro- 

 setfte; Ivs 1 very glaucous, linear, not ta- 

 pering, except toward the apex, 10 cm 

 long or les, 1 cm wide or less, thick but 

 flattened below, terete and obtus-e toward 

 apex; fl'ng stems weak, their primary 

 branches' 1-2-dichotomous, the ultimate 

 branches slender and many-fl'd; calyx 

 small, glaucous, 4 mm long, cleft to or 

 below the middle, its lobes ovate, acute; 

 cor- tube about 1 mm oiig; carpels widely 

 spreaing in age." Rose, NY bot gard b 

 3:35. Catalina (H. E:. Has.se). 

 STYL. SiEMITElRBS Rose. 



"At first acaulescent but old plants de- 

 cidedly caulescent and branching; Ivs 

 numerous, closely set on the caud'ex, lin- 

 ear, semiterete, 10 cm or so long, often 

 becoming reddish, acute; fl'ng branches 

 about 20 cm long, their Ivs ovate, turgid, 

 acute, lowest ones opposite; inflorescence 

 a pair of secund racemes; pedicels very 

 short (1-3 mm long) ; calyx 5 mm long, 

 its lobes 4 mm long, ovate, acute; cor 9 

 mm long, its segments united below for 

 about 2 mm, oblong, obtuse, yellowish 

 but tinged with red; stamens borne on 

 the cor, all shorter than the cor but 

 these alternating with tihe lobes shorter 

 than the others; carpels somewhat 

 spreading." Rose, NY bot gard b 3:35. 

 Habitat? (probably CD or Baja). 

 STYL. ATT'E-NUATUM B & R. 



Cotyledon attenuata S. Watson, Am ac 

 pr 22:472 (188.7). 



*Nea,r San, Quintin. Baja (Or). 

 STYLOPHYLLUM PARISH!!. 



"Stems' not as thick as in S. edule, 

 somewhat glaucous; fl'ng branches 2-3 

 dm high, rather weak, glabrous; inflor- 

 escence paniculate: pedicels 8 mm long 

 or less; calyx 5-parted, the lobes 4 mm 

 long, broadly oblong with rounded apex; 

 cor- segments twice as long as the calyx, 

 united at the base into a tube 2 mm long, 

 yellowish ( ?) ; stamens 10, borne on the 

 cor at the top of the tube; carpels united 

 only near the base." Britton, NY bot 

 gard b 3:37. Pala, SD Co. (Parish Bros). 

 STYLOPHYLLUM DDULE, 



Britton and Rose, NY bot gard b 3:36, 

 based on 



"Sedum edule (Nutt.lmss.) : 'caespitose; 

 Ivs terete, subulate at the apex, dilated 

 at the base, glaucous; scape paniculately 

 branched above, the branches cymose;fls 

 roarly sessile, decandrous; pet lanceolate, 

 acute, about twice the length of the lan- 

 ceolate sep. Edges of rocks and ravines. 

 St. Diego, California. Scapes a ft high, 

 with a few short and distant subulate 

 Ivs; the radical Ivs 3-4 inches long, succu- 

 lent. Fls. numerous, rather large. Scales 

 at the base of the carpels 0. A remarka- 

 ble species, allied apparently to Echeve- 

 ria teretifolia. but with white fls tinged 

 with green, the pet wholly distinct, etc. 

 The numerous scapes are gathered and 

 eiiten while young by the savages.' Nutt- 

 all." Torr & Gray, Fl N Am 1:560 (1840). 



Cotyledon edulis Brewer. Bot Cal 1:211 

 0876)* 



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